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British guard on a motorcycle with a mounted Tommy Gun, WW2, 1941 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 9 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

Accuracy = -90% πŸ˜‚

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Looks like a Model 1928 Thompson, a pre-simplification model.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Guessing throttle was on the left?

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Could also have some sort of throttle-lock type of situation on the right. I'm not sure, though.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If that was a BSA M20 I think the throttle would be on the right. Maybe It was relocated for this application?

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I’ve seen cop bikes from this era with a left throttle, also for shootin’

[–] THEMASTERMIND@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

Tommy